Canada

Canada's extensive support for Katrina relief includes (but is not limited to) the following:

Canada flew 27 Canadian Red Cross and 5 other disaster relief personnel to Houston on September 3, to help with Katrina relief. Canada has also provided air transport services to FEMA, to help move supplies and personnel.

The Public Health Agency of Canada airlifted supplies of antibiotics and other medicines, beds, blankets, and other supplies from its emergency stocks.

Over 1,000 Canadian military personnel were deployed to the US on September 6, including a 40-member diving team that has been helping the US Navy restore water navigation and inspect levees.

A 4-ship task group carrying emergency supplies, small boats, helicopters, communication experts, divers, and Army engineers was sent to the affected area on September 7.

The Canadian Air Force provided two CH-146 Griffin helicopters to cover the US Coast Guard's Boston area search and rescue needs, to free USCG helicopters for Katrina operations.

The Embassy of Canada in Washington, DC held an all-day fundraiser on September 7 that collected over $20,000 for Red Cross Katrina relief work.

I have heard from many Canadians from across Canada and from those living the United States about what they, and the Canadian government, can do to help. I am writing to you today to tell you that Canada stands with you - as friends and as family....

Tens of thousands of volunteers and troops responded or were deployed to the disaster - most in the affected area but also throughout the U.S. at shelters set up in at least 19 states..God protect us from such disasters..